Wash Girl
Object numberMO 1956.242
Name
Print
Artist
Samuel Joseph Brown
(American painter, sculptor, and mixed-media artist, 1907-1994)
Dateca. 1930s
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 15 3/4 in x W 10 3/4 in (40 cm x 27.3 cm )
image H 10 in x W 7 3/4 in (25.4 cm x 19.7 cm )
image H 10 in x W 7 3/4 in (25.4 cm x 19.7 cm )
DescriptionA black and white linoleum cut print depicting a barefoot girl carrying a bundle of laundry on her head. The title and artist's signature is in pencil below the image in the lower left: Wash Girl / Samuel J. Brown. The impression number is written in pencil below the image in the lower right: 17/20.
Label TextThis print was created for the Pennsylvania Art Project, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration. The print will be on display on a rotational basis in the FDR Library's special exhibition, BLACK AMERICANS, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND THE ROOSEVELTS, 1932-1962.Additional Details
Credit LineAllocated by the U.S. Government, Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 1935 - 1943. Held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesArtifacts Relating to the New Deal (National Archives Identifier 750981)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.Collections
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